Chris Jones
@chrisjones-sth.bsky.social
Senior Control Systems Engineer (PLC/SCADA) @ #Siemens.
Process, Hybrid and Discrete Automation Specialist.
All views are my own.
Process, Hybrid and Discrete Automation Specialist.
All views are my own.
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Farage has been consistent for 15+ years.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
November 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Farage has been consistent for 15+ years.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
Opposing decent pay and conditions for ordinary hard-working young people and expectant parents.
Meanwhile, he makes a mint hawking bullion, presenting tv shows and flying to the USA to big up his interests - instead of serving his constituents.
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If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.
September 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.
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Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
September 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Very, very bad stuff coming from leading right-wingers
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Oh.
“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Oh.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
There are two types of dog.
July 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
There are two types of dog.
I can't describe the amount of love I have for this doggo.
I've been away from home for 4 weeks now, and this is the face I come home too.
I've been away from home for 4 weeks now, and this is the face I come home too.
July 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I can't describe the amount of love I have for this doggo.
I've been away from home for 4 weeks now, and this is the face I come home too.
I've been away from home for 4 weeks now, and this is the face I come home too.
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Heard the one about how UK services exports were booming after Brexit??
Another myth, sadly...
My column
www.ft.com/content/3e9d...
Another myth, sadly...
My column
www.ft.com/content/3e9d...
July 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Heard the one about how UK services exports were booming after Brexit??
Another myth, sadly...
My column
www.ft.com/content/3e9d...
Another myth, sadly...
My column
www.ft.com/content/3e9d...
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
I'm not sure if it's for banter. But I don't believe the guy running the Conservative Home website has qualifications to answer any questions on HS2 or abortion.
Please find someone qualified.
I'm not sure if it's for banter. But I don't believe the guy running the Conservative Home website has qualifications to answer any questions on HS2 or abortion.
Please find someone qualified.
June 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
@skynewsrss.bsky.social
I'm not sure if it's for banter. But I don't believe the guy running the Conservative Home website has qualifications to answer any questions on HS2 or abortion.
Please find someone qualified.
I'm not sure if it's for banter. But I don't believe the guy running the Conservative Home website has qualifications to answer any questions on HS2 or abortion.
Please find someone qualified.
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Big shifts are happening. Trade. Defence. Borders.
The UK and EU just signed a wide-ranging deal that signals a real “reset” in relations. What’s in it? Who benefits? And what’s still at stake?
📘 Read the analysis from five experts:
@uk.theconversation.com - with thanks
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The UK and EU just signed a wide-ranging deal that signals a real “reset” in relations. What’s in it? Who benefits? And what’s still at stake?
📘 Read the analysis from five experts:
@uk.theconversation.com - with thanks
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
UK and EU sign new trade, fishing and defence deal – what do economists think?
Closer trade ties could cut prices for consumers – but they come with serious political risks for the UK government
eastangliabylines.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Big shifts are happening. Trade. Defence. Borders.
The UK and EU just signed a wide-ranging deal that signals a real “reset” in relations. What’s in it? Who benefits? And what’s still at stake?
📘 Read the analysis from five experts:
@uk.theconversation.com - with thanks
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
The UK and EU just signed a wide-ranging deal that signals a real “reset” in relations. What’s in it? Who benefits? And what’s still at stake?
📘 Read the analysis from five experts:
@uk.theconversation.com - with thanks
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it.
Chris Mason to Keir Starmer: "Isn't the truth that you've sold out British fishermen..."
May 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
This is how "This side says X, but the other side says Y" balance ends up distorting journalism. Instead of being based on the journalist's own independent, impartial analysis this question really just ventriloquises a partisan opposition stance and gives the impression the BBC fully agrees with it.
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I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.
May 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.
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Today's agreement with the #EU is not a betrayal as our ever more headline hungry media is reporting, but level headed economic sense. Above all, it resets vital relations with our key trading and security partner - much needed in this evolving global landscape. Congratulations to #UK and EU.
May 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
May 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Brexit was a referendum on whether the UK should leave the European Union.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
The UK has left the European Union. Referendum fulfilled.
If the people bleating about "Brexit Betrayal" wanted the Referendum to enshrine their pet policy preferences, they should have included them in the question.
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Starmer's EU deal is a big break in the suffocating Brexit consensus that has held Britain back for the past decade.
For the first time a British government is doing things to actually undo the damage of Brexit, rather than increase it. For that alone it should be welcomed
For the first time a British government is doing things to actually undo the damage of Brexit, rather than increase it. For that alone it should be welcomed
Keir Starmer's EU Reset Deal Is the First Crack in the Brexit Wall Holding Britain Back
This agreement marks the beginning of the end of the suffocating Brexit consensus that has gripped British politics for a decade, argues Adam Bienkov
bylinetimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Starmer's EU deal is a big break in the suffocating Brexit consensus that has held Britain back for the past decade.
For the first time a British government is doing things to actually undo the damage of Brexit, rather than increase it. For that alone it should be welcomed
For the first time a British government is doing things to actually undo the damage of Brexit, rather than increase it. For that alone it should be welcomed
The size difference on this chunk muffin now 😭
April 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The size difference on this chunk muffin now 😭
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Never regretted contributing to these guys and I still do.
Bloody brilliant!
Bloody brilliant!
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March 17, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Never regretted contributing to these guys and I still do.
Bloody brilliant!
Bloody brilliant!
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There's a word for countries where it's illegal to criticise their leader
Trump at the DOJ: "I believe that CNN and MSNDC, who literally write 97.6% bad about me, are political arms of the Democrat Party. And in my opinion, they are really corrupt and they are illegal. What they do is illegal."
March 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There's a word for countries where it's illegal to criticise their leader
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I know it's hopeless but I hope people in the UK remember the DOGE-woes the next time some populist douchecanoe claims that fixing Britain's problems is a simple matter of putting a businessman in charge, firing half the civil service, and lighting a regulatory bonfire.
Shit's hard, yo.
Shit's hard, yo.
March 8, 2025 at 10:38 AM
I know it's hopeless but I hope people in the UK remember the DOGE-woes the next time some populist douchecanoe claims that fixing Britain's problems is a simple matter of putting a businessman in charge, firing half the civil service, and lighting a regulatory bonfire.
Shit's hard, yo.
Shit's hard, yo.
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So while Trump banned the Associated Press from the Oval Office, a reporter from Russia's state-owned news agency TASS was allowed in to cover his attack on Zelensky
February 28, 2025 at 11:15 PM
So while Trump banned the Associated Press from the Oval Office, a reporter from Russia's state-owned news agency TASS was allowed in to cover his attack on Zelensky
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
February 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Manager: "What's this milestone 'Living on a prayer' ?"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
Me: "That's the documentation deliverable."
Manager: "What's the status of that?"
Me: "We're halfway there"
Manager: "Why is progress so slow?"
Me: "You fired Tommy"
Manager: "So?"
Me: "Tommy used to work on the docs"
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This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.
February 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This is a poor headline from the BBC. The US aren't offering a "deal" - they want the minerals in return for support already given. It's straight up extortion.
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The Trump regime is trying to pressure Zelenskyy to leave Ukraine and force him into exile in France, this is part of an ongoing US / Russia ploy to force a surrender and plunder the country's resources. #StandWithUkraine
February 21, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Trump regime is trying to pressure Zelenskyy to leave Ukraine and force him into exile in France, this is part of an ongoing US / Russia ploy to force a surrender and plunder the country's resources. #StandWithUkraine